Sentences with phrase «major national agencies»

There are several major national agencies that grade the financial strength of insurers in the U.S., based on their history, their reliability and their anticipated performance in the future.

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About a month after national advertising agency buyCalls contracted out a phone marketing campaign for a home - security client, it noticed a major discrepancy between the performance of its call - center vendors in North Carolina and Indiana.

Consensus publishes current and in - depth market analysis including daily, weekly and monthly market letters and special research reports providing both fundamental and technical advice from top national and international sources, including major stock and commodity firms, independent advisory services and government agencies.

A major new report from the National Crime Agency (NCA) warns that children within churches and other... More

A major new report from the National Crime Agency (NCA) warns that children within churches and other institutions are prone to abuse, and more needs to... More

As Julius Nyerere, president of Tanzania, pointed out in a speech at the recent World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, held in Rome, the officials of multilateral and some national aid agencies are turning to a «basic needs» approach — i.e., shifting to rural development as the major focus for aid.

The National Institute of Mental Health, part of the Public Health Service in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, is the federal agency with major responsibility for development of mental health services, mental health research, training, and continuing education for all types of professional and subprofessional manpower.

Setting the global pace and standards for not only the industry but national certifying bodies and agencies, Axiom's ingredients have been featured in ground - breaking double blind clinical trials at a major American university, have earned the first GRAS approval, and their celebrated organic Oryzatein ® brown rice protein ingredient is patent - pending.

Healthy People 2020 — Healthy People is a national health promotion and disease prevention initiative that brings together national, state, and local government agencies; nonprofit, voluntary, and professional organizations, businesses, communities; and individuals to address major public health issues.

Find out more about the energy challenge and how National Grid is helping find solutions to some of the challenges we face at www.nationalgridconnecting.com The National Grid Energy Efficiency Innovation Award scheme was launched across National Grid's four gas distribution networks and provided a # 400k fund to support major innovations to tackle fuel poverty and deliver energy efficiency solutions in communities, with five agencies in total receiving awards.

Oneida County remains in high financial standing as stellar credit ratings have once again been issued by the three major national credit agencies.

Oneida County's stellar credit rating has once again been confirmed by the three major national credit agencies, all of which maintained their high assessments, and one of which removed its negative outlook....

Nigeria's drugs and narcotics control agency, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Monday sealed off three major pharmaceutical companies — Emzor Pharmaceuticalsagency, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Monday sealed off three major pharmaceutical companies — Emzor PharmaceuticalsAgency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) Monday sealed off three major pharmaceutical companies — Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind..

«We have written to National Oil Spill Detection Response Agency, Department of Petroleum Resources and other governmental agencies as regard Tuesday's major oil spill from ExxonMobil facility.»

To make up for a federal deficit of more than $ 400 billion, the White House has ordered most civilian research agencies to prepare for major budget reductions in the 2006 budget, including cuts for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

Funding agencies can have a major impact if they instruct reviewers to consider postdoctoral fellows not merely as a means to achieving the knowledge objectives of the proposal but also as young professionals whose development has a wider impact on national capacity.

«NEPA [the National Environmental Policy Act] says that agencies must consider and analyze any major federal action that may have a significant impact on the human environment,» he said.

The spotlight on dynamic systems is a major shift for agencies like the Army Corps, which in the past paid more attention to engineered solutions, Bostick said last week during an event at the National Academy of Sciences that focused on the state of resilience in the country.

Roughly 1200 of these are research labs, which are often housed at major academic centers or run by government agencies themselves, including the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

«In moving from two to four degrees you really do see, in all our best estimates, a major increase in the level of action required,» says climate - adaptation expert Mark Stafford Smith, science director for Australia's national science agency.

Its funding priorities are determined every year based on the Science and Technology Basic Plan, which is a midterm national S&T policy revised every five years, explains Takashi Ohama, director of the Washington, D.C. office of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), one of the major research funding agencies.

Also speaking at the Forum, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz outlined a new, more vital vision for the agency's 17 national laboratories, which play a major role in addressing U.S. priorities, from responding to disasters, to improving water - purification technologies.

A major attraction for foreign researchers is that the French national research agencies and universities employ researchers on permanent civil service contracts.

Starting in 2020, the world's major space agencies, including NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the China National Space Administration, are planning their first manned missions to our satellite.

After hearing rumors in Australia that there would be Aus $ 400 million cut from the National Health and Medical Research Council budget, researchers mounted a vigorous protest campaign that was successful in maintaining current spending for the major research agencies.

The new project is run by an alliance of 10 major research bodies, including the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Max Planck Society, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany's main funding agency.

As the agency responsible for conserving and managing killer whales in U.S. waters, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) faces a major challenge — it must identify orca subpopulations, understand their needs, and develop effective and sometimes unique ways to manage them.

Shoken Miyama, director of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, described how researchers and funding agencies in the United States, Japan, and Europe had negotiated «different cultures, different budgetary processes, and different time schedules» to get ALMA heading toward the start of scientific operations «with no major problems.»

The Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee today approved a fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill that would shift responsibility for building four major satellite systems from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to NASA.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the health agency that pursues the environmental causes of cancer, has been a major funder of Perera's center.

Although it did get some small education grants from the National Science Foundation, major government research agencies generally wouldn't touch the place.

The report urges Spain to raise the government's «contribution to science and innovation» — currently at 0.61 % — «to 0.7 % of the gross domestic product (GDP) and argues for the creation of a national funding agency that gives out merit - based grants, more autonomy for the universities, and a major overhaul of Spain's national research centers.

Over the past few years, researchers around the world have organized an effort to identify and save tissue archives from all the major animal irradiation experiments, and they have won support from a diverse range of funding agencies, including the European Commission, the US National Cancer Institute and the US Department of Energy.

The report's views reflect those in the thoroughly peer - reviewed interagency National Climate Assessment issued last year, and the facts consistently reported by major scientific agencies like NOAA and NASA.

The National Space Administration Agency (NASA) is a major partner in the Observatory, which is managed by the California Association for Research in Astronomy (CARA; on behalf of the institutions).

The Task Force is chaired by Vice President Joe Biden and consists of the heads of major executive branch departments, agencies, and offices including the NIH, the NCI, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Departments of Defense, Commerce, and Health, the National Economic Council, and others.

He has appeared before every major consumer regulatory agency, including the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Consumer Product Safety Commission and Federal Trade Commission, as well as the Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Hagency, including the Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Consumer Product Safety Commission and Federal Trade Commission, as well as the Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of HAgency, Consumer Product Safety Commission and Federal Trade Commission, as well as the Department of Agriculture and the National Institutes of Health.

One of the 3 major national credit reporting agencies, Equifax, suffered a data breach that exposed the lifetime data — names, social security numbers, credit scores — of over half the US population.

NAECS - SDE is the national organization for state education agency staff members with major responsibilities in the field of early childhood education, from infancy through the primary grades.

NAECS - SDE (National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education) is a national organization for state education agency staff members with major responsibilities in the field of early childhood edNational Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education) is a national organization for state education agency staff members with major responsibilities in the field of early childhood ednational organization for state education agency staff members with major responsibilities in the field of early childhood education.

There was a major concern from The National Crime Agency that these kinds of materials appear to «legitimize» child abuse.

There are three major national credit reporting Agencies in the United States.

Recently the three major credit reporting agencies — Equifax, Experian and TransUnion — agreed to a settlement with the New York Attorney General's office to overhaul the national credit reporting process to better serve Americans.

There's a lot of debate about gun control right now, and it was interesting today to watch all the major U.S. car rental agencies halt their discount programs for members of the NRA (National Rifle... [Read more...] about Why Car Rental Companies Made the Right Call in Dropping the NRA

At major U.S. car rental agencies such as Hertz, Avis and National, the typical loss damage waiver policy will cost an additional $ 9 per day.

According to the national tourism agency VisitBritain, by 2020 Saudi Arabia is predicted to have the highest projected value percentage growth of 181 per cent amongst the twenty major and emerging markets in its tourism strategy.

Senior travel trade bosses from the world's leading tourism companies are to visit major British destinations as guests of national tourism agency VisitBritain.

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Lead project support is provided by ArtPlace America, a collaboration of leading national and regional foundations, banksand federal agencies accelerating creative placemaking across the U.S. Additional major support is provided by Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, The Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, and The Malka Fund.

In 1977 he established a successful commercial photography studio in Chicago, shooting major print campaigns for national advertising agencies.